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Bukele, emboldened by Trump, is arresting prominent critics
While the Trump administration deepens ties with El Salvador, its millennial president is cracking down on dissenting lawyers, activists and journalists.
With Trump as ally, El Salvador’s President ramps up crackdown on dissent
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is intensifying his crackdown on dissent, a move observers suggest has been emboldened ...
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El Salvador president attacks NGOs and press in defiant anniversary speech
By Mathew Cohen El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele delivered a defiant speech marking one year since his re-election, dismissing criticism of his authoritarian approach while doubling down on his ...
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IAEA Team Concludes Site and External Events Design Review for El Salvador’s First Nuclear Power Plant
An IAEA team of experts visited the candidate sites of El Salvador’s first nuclear power plant during a Site and External Events Design Review Service mission. (Photo: CEL) ...
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El Salvador: Prominent Human Rights Defender Arrested
(Washington, DC) – Authorities in El Salvador have arrested the prominent human rights lawyer Ruth Eleonora López, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 18, 2025, at 11 p.m., Salvadoran police ...
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El Salvador arrests prominent human rights lawyer who defends deportees
A prominent human rights lawyer known for defending immigrants deported amid United States President Donald Trump’s hardline anti-immigration policies has been arrested in El Salvador.
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What El Salvador’s Bukele, a hero for the American right, isn’t showing the world
President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on gangs has brought peace to El Salvador, but the price, some Salvadorans say, has been the loss of civil liberties. “We used to be afraid of the gangs ...
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The IMF Is Bailing Out El Salvador. It Shouldn’t Be So Lenient on Cryptocurrency.
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during a ceremony to lay the first stone of Chivo Vet, a veterinary hospital financed with the gains El Salvador has obtained from its bitcoin ...
The Washington Post1mon
El Salvador wants America’s prisoners. And its tourists.
EL SUNZAL, El Salvador — The scene outside Laola Surf Camp was Instagram-perfect. A towering palm tree leaned over the black-sand beach. Surfers paddled out to catch breaking waves. Families on ...
USA Today1mon
El Salvador proposes swapping US-deported Venezuelans for Venezuelan 'political prisoners'
SAN SALVADOR - El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Sunday proposed sending 252 Venezuelans deported from the U.S. and imprisoned in his country to Venezuela, in exchange for taking "political ...
CoinTelegraph1mon
El Salvador works with Nvidia to develop sovereign AI infrastructure
El Salvador, the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, is working with the computer chip giant Nvidia to implement artificial intelligence for national development.
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Why El Salvador’s ‘mega’ prisons are making the world safer
This week’s White House meeting between President Trump and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele offered a crucial opportunity. It should have marked an era of renewed US engagement with our ...